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Visual Metaphor

Visual Metaphor is a representational device within visual communication that, as a species of metaphorical expression, belongs to the broader category of visual tropes and is distinguished by its reliance on non-literal, analogical imagery to convey abstract or complex conceptual relationships through the visual recontextualization of familiar forms.

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Metaphor in culture: universality and variation

Zoltán Kövecses · Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 1.3K citations

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Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads: A Cognitive Perspective

Gerard J. Steen · Journal of Pragmatics · 2003 · 651 citations

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The Cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 564 citations

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A Comparison between Concept Maps, Mind Maps, Conceptual Diagrams, and Visual Metaphors as Complementary Tools for Knowledge Construction and Sharing

Martin J. Eppler · Information Visualization · 2006 · 506 citations

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Seeing the Voice of the Customer: Metaphor-based Advertising Research

Gerald Zaltman, Robin Higie Coulter · Journal of Advertising Research · 1995 · 491 citations

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  1. CF
    Charles Forceville

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    17 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. NM
    Nira Mashal

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. MB
    Marianna Bolognesi

    University of Bologna, Italy

    7 publications · 190 citations

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  4. JM
    John M. Kennedy

    University of Toronto, Canada

    7 publications · 352 citations

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  5. MD
    Michael D. Robinson

    North Dakota State University, United States

    7 publications · 781 citations

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  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    24 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    675 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  5. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    400 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    877 citations

  7. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    651 citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    302 citations

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  1. Metaphor and Symbol

    35 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Brain and Language

    14 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 13 publications · 3K citations

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  4. Child Development

    11 publications · 733 citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    11 publications · 391 citations

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